February 2011
20 posts
Mass Sled Dog Killing →
There are no words for this kind of cruelty.
January 2011
31 posts
“My recent allowance is 40¢. This I used for areoplanes and other playthings of...”
– How adorable.
Letters of Note: A Plea for a raise, By Jack Kennedy
Written by a 10-year-old JFK to his dad who asked him to put his allowance raise request in writing.
(via goodbyeolepaint)
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Regrets
Last night I ate a burrito the size of a small Chihuahua. Today I regret it.
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Salvation City by Sigrid Nunez
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Dear Asshole
Yesterday evening I had a run-in with a certain type of man. The type of man who thinks women exist just to be recipients of his ill-advised and inappropriate remarks. The type of man who thinks it’s flattering to call attention to a woman in front of others. The unfortunate part about this run-in was that it was on our company shuttle bus, in front of a large group of colleagues. The bus...
Airport Security... Meanest People on Earth →
This is the saddest thing you will read today. Guaranteed.
“Ricky will not be invited back to host the show next year, for sure. For sure...”
– I don’t understand this. Had they never met him when they hired him to host? Taking the piss is his thing. Also: you are actors. Not brain surgeons. Stop taking yourself so seriously.
A Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, speaking anonymously with AOL’s PopEater.
Dear Hollywood: Get...
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One Day by David Nicholls
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This Cake is for the Party by Sarah Selecky
Caldecott and Newbery winners ignored, Snooki... →
This is sad to me. The winners of the the two most prestigious awards in the US for children’s literature have been interviewed on the Today show for the last 11 years. But this year they were not. Snooki was, though. About her book. Because she’s more relevant as an author?
I give up. The world is going to shit.
Comeuppance
The universe has decided to punish me in a most peculiar way. Those of you who know me know that I have a thing about Ed Hardy. That is, I hate Ed Hardy. I find his designs really annoying and hideous. (Although I find his clothing a useful marker for douchiness out in the world.)
So I procrastinated buying a 2011 planner, and I was having a hard time finding one. I finally ended up at Chapters,...
Weight Watchers cards →
The most horrific recipes you could ever hope to see. With props!
Pun-tastic
Dad: Was watching a show about lobsters on the Discovery channel. There were some interesting facts like lobsters will not share their food with any other lobster not even their offspring. You are a Maritime girl. Do you know why?'
Me: That’s interesting. They must have to resort to taking bites out of people’s food.
Dad: They don't share because they are shellfish.Thanks for giving me the opening for an outstanding pun.
Me: Amazing! I'm so proud.
My sister: You two are ridiculous.
Me: Jealous.
SeoulBrother: "Nigger" →
Well put. Revisionist history is a dangerous thing.
seoulbrother:
It’s that time of year again where we discuss the word “nigger.” Seems like it was just yesterday when Oprah popularized the daytime-TV-safe “n-word”—I’m surprised that it didn’t make Word of the Year, but then again, I’m not. No matter how much you try to sugarcoat it, “nigger” makes people uncomfortable. This time the...
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Affliction by Russell Banks
(Thanks Z for the recommendation)
